Reminder (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Got your foot in the door, Güneş.
Quit writing already…
They don't even follow each other.
Sure, it was meant for your diary
Got any more stories, Güneş?
Boran is his name. They really
don't have a single photo together.
Impressive imagination, Güneş.
MR. ALPHA REVEALS HIS FACE!
The idea was to find faith in love.
I don't know what to believe anymore.
Is this AI generated?
Is this Mr. Alpha?
[typing]
[Güneş] Have you ever willingly believed
a lie, knowing the truth?
Have you ever walked into
a dead end intentionally?
Have you ever wanted a dream to last,
even if you knew it wasn't real?
MR. ALPHA
REVEALS HIS FACE!
Do we take comfort in lies
because the truth scares us?
Or is it because we eventually
start believing our own lies?
I'm sure I'm not alone on this one.
The sad thing is that my fear of
being alone has become what holds me back.
DAY 1
[Güneş] Now put your finger here.
Start spinning it.
-[Deniz] Oh, really.
-Now you've totally messed it up.
-[Deniz] What's messed up about it?
-Can't you see it? It's all wavy.
[Deniz] As if yours is straight.
Leave me alone.
[Güneş] It's quite smooth.
DAY 2
[smacks lips]
[Güneş] Some lies can be very tempting.
And some dead ends display
more charm to lure us in.
[sighs deeply]
[scoffs]
[Güneş] We know things can end,
but we still get lost in the streets
to avoid confronting our issues.
It's like improvising the lyrics to a song
you don't know and believing it's correct.
We hang onto some dreams,
wishing they would last forever…
DAY 3
…all the while wearing a fake smile.
The lies we believe in…
DAY 4
…weigh us down like an anchor.
They drag us for miles
like a big ship at sea.
[typing]
The wind is gentle.
The sea is calm.
Luck has been on your side.
Eventually…
the anchor gets dislodged,
and you find yourself alone out at sea,
with your own truths.
That's when the winds
and the waves start rocking you.
You drift off course.
Then it dawns on you.
In that sea of lies,
you have forgotten yourself,
how to be yourself,
and what you even want.
DENIZ DERENOĞLU
DELIVER TO ADDRESS
Life is full of these vortices.
But no more excuses.
I owe everybody an apology.
DAY 5
First of all, to you.
I made you all believe
a lie I made myself believe.
I apologize.
reminder.
[Pervin] Is this
what you've been working on for days?
Honey, I'm sorry,
but we can't publish this.
Why not?
First of all, you're not resigning.
-Pervin, look--
-And secondly,
if you apologize,
no one will ever read you again.
What?
Sweetheart.
Remember the writers trying
to imitate you at the magazine?
They tried hopelessly to copy your style.
What was different about you?
It was about genuine love.
Your love was genuine.
You were genuine.
What you wrote was also genuine.
Isn't an apology just as genuine, Pervin?
The readers aren't waiting for an apology.
They want to know if Boran is
the real Mr. Alpha. That's all.
Fine, you said you broke up with Mr. Alpha
and that you met someone
named Boran, but--
[parrot] Love, love.
[Pervin] Aha! Where's the love here?
Where is it?
I'm sorry,
but there is no going back from here,
even if you tell the truth, Güneş.
So, what am I supposed to do?
What are you suggesting? What?
How will you keep posting
if you're no longer with Deniz?
No one will want to read
about the new kid Boran.
Besides, no one knows who Mr. Alpha is.
When will his face be revealed?
[sighs]
I'm sorry, Güneş,
but you must keep on pretending
Boran is Mr. Alpha.
Are you serious, Pervin?
I think this is your only option
if you want to have a career.
You're still with Boran, right?
Yes.
But now, all I can think of is
if the leak could prevent the sale
of the house in any way.
[chuckles]
Mahir is in İstanbul.
He was very formal with me on the phone.
It got me thinking. Could he have seen
the posts before we did?
Maybe that's why he didn't call me.
[huffs] Oh, no.
We'll see.
We'll see.
We'll see.
[knocking on door]
[clicks tongue] What are you doing?
-Oh, I did bang too hard there, right?
-[clicks tongue]
Where have you been?
Why have you shut yourself in here?
If you're not coming to the office,
we will work here.
You really are something.
I have a theory about
who might have leaked the photo.
Özgen, no.
I really don't want to talk about it.
-[Özgen] Oh!
-Everyone thinks Boran is Mr. Alpha now.
It's too late. It's over.
Drop the subject.
No one buys it, though.
Well, some believe it. Yeah.
But some would still have doubts
even if you said that Deniz is Mr. Alpha.
Can we work with what we have at hand?
Who benefits from this?
Boran benefited from it.
How?
She's trying to say
that he has more followers.
That's an understatement.
-Rather…
-Snowballed, dear.
Actually, he became a celebrity overnight.
A celebrity like you.
Uh-oh.
The images he posts every day
are taken by professionals.
He just hasn't admitted
to being Mr. Alpha, right?
Exactly. You're right, darling.
I really don't think I can say anything
about that either.
It seems like social media
gives him the attention I can't.
What if she's right?
I mean, what if Boran was the leak?
-It wasn't him.
-How… I don't get it.
How can you be so sure?
Because he was always with me
after the leak.
For days, he helped me think it through.
He said we could deny it right away.
He's my partner, right?
He set aside his pride and told me
he could tell everyone
that Deniz was Mr. Alpha.
Well, maybe he feels guilty
for what he did. I'm just saying.
He also said
he could say he was Mr. Alpha.
Hmm.
Girls, he also said we could take a break.
He understands how overwhelming
and confusing things are for me right now.
What? You broke up?
No, we didn't. [exhales] Can you imagine?
I wanted to break up with Boran
until a few weeks ago.
Right now,
I'm the one asking Boran not to break up.
Think about it.
I'm asking him to stay with me.
-Hmm. Well.
-Well, he's handled the situation well.
Sure.
Guess who couldn't handle the situation.
Honey, please don't be so hard
on yourself now. Enough.
Özgen, I'm not talking about myself.
Who, then?
Deniz?
No way. Oh, no!
Wait a minute. Hold on. Hold on.
You talked to Deniz? What happened?
Hear that? I asked Hakan so many times.
He said nothing. What happened?
He won't return my calls.
I'm sure he saw it.
He must have.
I'm sure Boran did it.
Mark my words.
Here. You'll both see.
I'm sure Boran did it.
[Hakan] Özgen has some weird theories.
About what?
[Hakan] About the Mr. Alpha leak.
[sighs] I'm not interested, Hakan.
Haven't you talked to Güneş yet?
Is this busted or what?
What's wrong with it?
Bro. At least talk to me.
Get it out. It will feel good.
[Deniz] Why is it not printing?
Is the printer not working again?
Can anybody hear me?
Come back!
Do you think you've lost Güneş forever?
[sighs]
Is there nothing else to talk about?
All right, you won't talk to me.
At least talk to Güneş.
She must be upset, Deniz.
Deniz.
Deniz.
I'm not the one who did wrong to Güneş.
She lost me because she didn't listen
to me in the first place.
Enough already…
You know what? She had this coming.
She can now go and write
about her Mr. Fake Alpha.
How could she do this to herself?
Why? What good can come of it?
Have you seen the comments?
"Is this Mr. Alpha?"
"How could she be in love with him?"
She was in love with me.
She wrote about me.
Let's see how she writes now.
She can write about how it feels to live
with someone she doesn't love.
Feelings we both share--
-Deniz.
-What?
[chuckles]
Are you following her posts?
Did you open an account for yourself?
Psst. Listen, man. If you did, tell me.
-We can follow each other.
-Shut up, all right.
-What's your username?
-Shush, goddamn it. Shush.
[chuckles]
Let's follow each other.
[sighs]
It was all a lie.
Is that so, Mr. Mahir?
You know more about lies
than I do, Ms. Pervin.
Good heavens!
You teamed up and tricked me. Sure.
It was all until the house was sold.
Ms. Pervin distracted me.
Mr. Deniz and Ms. Güneş pretended
to be in love. Huh.
Oh, that is not true.
They're head over heels in love.
That's what you think.
Mr. Boran, the Mr. Alpha in the photos,
bought the house. Hmm.
-Boran?
-See. It's too late, of course.
We can't annul the sale.
Otherwise,
I would have made you all pay for this.
Wait a minute. Hold on.
Are you telling me
that Boran bought the house,
knowing Güneş is madly in love with Deniz?
Beats me. Some sort of trickery for sure.
[exhales sharply]
What I'm dying to know…
is what part…
you played in it?
Oh, what are you saying, Mahir?
[Mahir] What was it?
Did you…
want to steal my heart?
What are you talking about?
Stealing hearts and all. Huh?
That's the person I met.
Then let's start over.
-Hmm?
-Hmm?
Seeing as I stole your heart
and since you came all the way
to see me, let's start again here.
How? All right. Hold on a minute.
What does that mean?
Chestnut?
Welcome.
Thank you. How are you doing?
Okay? I was worried.
Much better. Come in.
You look so beautiful.
[kisses]
Can I get you a drink?
No, don't bother. Thanks.
How's the article going?
[huffs]
Well… I'm still trying to find a solution.
Hmm.
I actually came here with a solution.
Boran, this is really not the time.
No, it's exactly the time.
-No.
-Really. It's the perfect time.
What…
The key to what?
I bought that house.
What?
Well, I bought the house.
I made the down payment.
Güneş,
I actually wanted to propose to you there.
You don't have to say good-bye
to the house.
Okay, Boran…
In exchange for what?
I'm an investor.
It's my house.
I'm not asking you to marry me in return.
Use the money from the house.
Hold on.
What led you to think
I was leveraging the house against you?
-No, I'm just trying to understand.
-Huh?
You're a bit late.
Trying to understand how?
You never tried to understand me.
I don't know.
All I think about is making you happy
and doing my best for you.
I'm even willing to be Mr. Alpha, damn it.
What else?
Okay. I guess I misunderstood you.
I'm only trying to figure you out.
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
Um… [huffs]
I've failed again, haven't I?
-I've failed again.
-[sighs]
This was worse than the first proposal.
I am sorry. I apologize. I apologize.
It won't happen again.
I think we need to calm down and talk.
Fine. I don't want you to bother trying
to find a solution anymore.
I fixed everything for both of us.
[inhales sharply] Please, relax.
Slow down. Breathe. Just think about it.
Don't worry. I'll renovate that house
and sell it for a profit.
No problem for me.
I mean, I don't know.
Still, what you did was too--
[Boran] Much. Yes, I know, too much.
But that's the kind of man I am, Güneş.
You knew this all along.
I mean, if you're okay with it,
then I'm okay with it, too.
Güneş.
Güneş.
Look at me. [sighs]
[sighing]
[inhales deeply] I can see that the woman
who wrote all those stories is unhappy.
That's unacceptable.
Your articles make so many people happy.
Why aren't you happy?
Don't you have the right to be happy?
Of course you do.
So…
Please let me give this a try. Hmm?
[speaks indistinctly] Honey.
Hmm?
I found the ring.
I had lost it.
I found it.
Are you going to put it on?
[sighs] I can't.
I can't.
I can't wear it. I'm sorry.
No worries.
Just don't worry, it's all right.
-Hmm?
-[sighs]
See you later.
[sighs]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[slow music playing]
[sighs]
Excuse me.
How about a drink?
You can ask the bartender for one.
I am so sorry. I didn't see him.
Hmm.
Your beauty is blinding my eyes.
-[inhales sharply] Oh!
-[mutters]
Oh, what kind of a pickup line was that?
A disaster. Go on. Try again. Come on.
But I told you.
I'm no good at role-playing like this.
Improvise a little. Find something.
[sighs] All right, fine. Very well.
Can't you at least point me
in the right direction?
For what? To improvise?
No, I'm lost.
In your eyes.
Ugh. I swear you've ruined it.
You really have.
Come on, let's go. Get up. Up, up, up.
Will you sit down?
Pervin, will you sit down?
I apologize.
When I goof up, I go mad. I see red.
So, we're going nowhere
until I do it right.
I don't care if it takes
until the morning.
I'll tear this place down otherwise.
Excuse me.
[chuckles]
Really?
How will you do that?
Care to elaborate?
And how do you know my name?
-Hmm?
-[chuckles]
From my dreams.
Oh. [chuckles]
Allow me to buy you a drink.
No objections.
-Excuse me, son?
-Yes, sir.
Please take the lady's order.
I'll have the same.
[bartender] Sure.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
-[Güneş] What should we call her?
-[Deniz] I'm worried, Güneş.
If we name her,
you'll get even more attached.
[Güneş] So what, Deniz?
Let's get attached. Let's do it.
[Deniz]
Come on. It's a huge responsibility.
She needs attention all the time.
We can't, Güneş. We just can't.
But we are. She's been with us
for four days, and she's fine.
-Look.
-I don't know.
She could have been potty trained,
at least.
She's so young, Deniz.
She's so very young.
What if we can't find a home for her?
Can we keep her then?
We already have one.
What? Where?
[knock on door]
-[Ege] I know you're home!
-[knocking continues]
There he goes again.
Coming.
Whoa, stop running, Ege.
You'll fall. Easy.
[dog whines]
Tell us, Ege. What should we call her?
Hmm. Deniz.
Güneş. Kum.
Maybe something more celestial?
Something celestial.
Komet? What about Komet?
What do you think?
Can Komet come to school with me?
No way.
You'll be late and miss the school bus.
Come on. On the double. Hurry.
-[Güneş chuckles]
-Take good care of her until I get back.
-Sure.
-Komet.
She knows her name already.
See how she stares at us?
Please, let's keep her. Please.
Here, girl.
Good, girl.
Over here [speaks indistinctly]
Sit. Sit.
-Sit.
-[laughs]
Well done!
Go through. Through. Through.
Good girl. Here you go.
Go through. Through. Through.
Through. Through. Through.
I can't believe it! I really can't.
Can we keep her?
-Okay. Let's keep her.
-Please. Please.
[Deniz] And these are her toys.
She loves them.
Here.
Thank you.
Okay, then. Let's go.
[Komet barking]
-Have they gone?
-Yeah.
I talked to her mother.
They will name her Komet.
Can they look after her?
They won't throw her out
when the kid loses interest, right?
If they can't look after her,
they'll bring her back.
To us?
-Uh-huh.
-Seriously?
Yes. I promise you,
one day we'll have a dog like Komet.
Stop sulking now.
[sighs]
Oh, I hate good-byes.
-Thank you.
-Thanks.
Are all the lenses in there?
Yes, yes. Take a look if you want.
If you think anything is missing,
I'm sure I'll find it in the house.
-Going somewhere?
-No.
Why?
I don't know.
When you asked for the camera…
I need to start working again, Deniz.
If it's about the baby, don't stress
yourself about finding work, okay?
[sighs] Deniz, I already have a job.
I'm a photographer.
Do you have a habit
of looking down on your exes' careers?
Who are you talking about?
No one in particular, Deniz.
Never mind.
All right, Umay.
But if you need something,
you will tell me, right?
I will, Deniz.
You don't need to hover around me all
the time or pretend to care so much.
Okay? You can be sure I'll call you
if I need anything.
Actually, I have another question.
No, they can't tell the gender yet.
But yes, we will find out together.
No, it's not about the baby.
This is about photography and Cappadocia.
Don't ask me anything other
than about the baby, Deniz.
I'm not talking to you about Cappadocia.
Why? Did you do something in Cappadocia
that I shouldn't know about?
[scoffs]
Oh, there it is. There it is.
Come on. I was so sure this would come.
I was sure.
No, Deniz, I didn't do it.
I'm not the leak who revealed Mr. Alpha.
All right?
Now go tell Güneş.
I'm not seeing Güneş, Umay.
I don't care, Deniz.
Do what you want. I don't care.
Bye.
[breathes deeply]
[sighs deeply]
Trip to Cappadocia with Mr. Alpha.
TRIP TO CAPPADOCIA
WITH MR. ALPHA
[inhales deeply]
Nope. [sighs]
[mutters]
TRUE LIES
[huffs]
-[Ayça] Sis?
-Ayça.
Sister.
Does being an influencer pay this well?
Why?
The money is enough
for my accommodation as well.
You received it? The house was sold.
I don't believe it.
[laughs] I can't believe it.
To be honest, I…
I was kind of worried you wouldn't get
this amount of money so soon.
Well, to be honest,
I thought we might have to sell this house
or ask Mom and Dad for support.
-Thank you so much. [kisses]
-Look at you!
Thank you so, so much, Sis.
I'll pay you back, I promise.
Stop that. This is your luck.
Luck? You spent your savings on me.
I'm lucky, yes.
For having a sister like you.
[chuckles]
You're going far away now.
But we will always be close, all right?
-Okay. We will always be together.
-Forever. Always. Enough of that.
I hate good-byes.
I know, you hate them.
But I think good-byes make us realize
how much we want to reunite with someone.
I'm calling Mom and Dad to let them know.
They will be thrilled, so thrilled.
[exhales]
I HATE GOOD-BYES
[chuckles]
[keys jingling]
[alarm beeping]
Have a seat.
I would rather not.
That box. It was meant for both of us
when we were still together, right?
-Did you open it?
-I didn't.
Should I?
If there's something for me in it,
say it, and I'll open it.
But if it's for you,
I don't want to touch it.
You knew about the leak
the day we found Ege in the park, right?
Is that why you are angry with me?
Is that why you haven't been answering
my calls for a week?
I didn't know what to say.
What do you want to hear?
What I want to hear?
Tell me your thoughts for example.
That's what I want.
How about, "I realized how much
I loved Güneş after I lost her."
I want to hear that from you.
I didn't lose you to that Boran guy.
-What?
-There's something else.
What is it?
Then why did you say that, Deniz?
It's because of Umay.
Are you serious with this girl?
What? It's okay for you to ask,
but I can't?
You're no longer Mr. Alpha, Deniz.
Look, now people will think
that it's Boran in the photo
hanging at the construction site.
You're free from being Mr. Alpha.
You never wanted to be Mr. Alpha anyway.
Hmm?
Did you ever want to be Mr. Alpha, Deniz?
Or let me put it this way.
What do you want, Deniz?
I don't know.
I don't know what to do.
[breathes deeply]
Umay is pregnant.
[sighs deeply]
Why didn't you let go of me then?
Why didn't you give up on me then?
Is it because I hate good-byes,
so you couldn't say it?
I keep thinking.
I can't figure it out, um,
you know, I grew up without a father. So…
I fear that I could leave
a child fatherless, Güneş.
I don't know how to deal with it.
[sighs sharply, huffs]
[scoffs]
I always thought…
we would remember the love
between us with fond memories.
It turns out this will be the moment
we will remember love, Deniz.
[dramatic music playing]
[Güneş] I believed in someone so much
that I made you believe in him too.
I apologize.
But I owe the greatest apology to love
because I cast doubt on it
with a single lie.
I apologize for the love that made me jump
from the pier to the ferry,
swept me off my feet, wrapped me up,
embraced me in every way,
and reintroduced me to myself.
The love that you witnessed.
I know nothing more real than life itself.
You feel what's real.
The real touch, the real kiss,
the real hug, the real love.
The love that wraps
your whole body and soul.
This is why I believe
that you will find true love
not in my articles but in life itself.
I hate good-byes.
Because it turns out,
good-byes really teach us
how much we want to reunite with someone.
Hello, Boran.
Thank you for the house.
Well, actually… I called to thank you
for everything you've done.
[Boran] Don't worry about it, Güneş.
I saw an investment opportunity
and stepped in.
It wasn't just for you,
so don't feel you owe me.
I can even say the house was a steal.
Great. I'm glad you profited too.
Now I will have it nicely decorated.
If you want,
we can go to see it before I sell it.
Please don't get me wrong, though.
Just as friends.
Güneş.
You don't have to say good-bye
to the house right away.
I know how you feel.
So, you know that?
[sighs]
Thank you, Boran.
See you later.
See you.
-Hello, Pervin.
-Güneş?
Did you get my message?
It was Boran who bought the house.
Yes. Yes, I know.
Pervin,
I will continue writing about Mr. Alpha.
What? With Deniz?
No, with Boran.
-I didn't order this.
-From the gentleman.
[slow jazz playing]
[scoffs]
Could you please deliver this
to Güneş Güner's room?
[receptionist] Sure.
Do I know you from somewhere?
You've probably seen me on social media.
Are you famous?
[inhales sharply] I'm a rising star, yes.
-I understand.
-Are you a photographer?
Yes.
Is your office here?
-No. I mean, I don't have an office.
-Oh.
I took a sabbatical,
but I'm going back to it.
I am here for a job interview.
Nice. For the magazine?
Yes. Are you from the magazine too?
I'm from Saygun Holding.
Hello, I'm Boran Saygun.
We are setting up the magazine
you're being interviewed for.
Nice to meet you. I'm Umay.
Nice to meet you too, Umay.
Um, assuming I got the job,
am I shooting you?
Looks like it.
It didn't work out
with the previous photographer.
He shot me from the wrong angle
in Cappadocia.
How?
-My face is a little square, you know.
-[chuckles] I don't understand.
I'm telling you that…
I'm the famous Mr. Alpha.
[chuckles]
Um, sorry. Is that so?
[Boran]
Yes, but let's keep it confidential.
The name of the new men's magazine
will most likely be Mr. Alpha.
-All hush-hush. [laughs]
-Of course.
Sure thing. Confidential.
Thank you.
If you're Mr. Alpha,
then your lover must be the famous editor.
Am I right? Am I?
Um, I mean, we're not lovers as such.
You can think of my relationship
with Güneş as an investment.
Like a business partnership.
Call it the rules of social media.
[chuckles]
I don't know much about social media.
Okay. I'm a businessman, Umay.
I work with Güneş.
We have plans, joint investments.
-I get it. Congratulations. Very nice.
-Thanks, thanks.
Care for a drink?
Seeing as we're going to work together.
What about it?
[chuckles]
Um, right. Yeah. Thanks very much.
But I don't drink alcohol.
[Pervin] Are you serious?
Dead serious.
Boran is ready to do anything for me.
I want to be with someone
who cares about me.